Cigar moistener



July 8. 1924. 1,500,704 A. C. HERTHEL CIGAR MOISTENER Filed Sent. 14, 1920 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 fivenior: A I GTf/zur 6. H8271,

July 8 1924. w 2 1,500,704 A. c. HERTHEL CIGAR MOISTENER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sent. 14. 1920 Patented July 8, 1924.

ARTHUR C. HERTHEL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CIGAR MOISTENER.

Application filed September 14, 1920. Serial No. 410,295.

To all'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR C. HERTHEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin' Cigar Moisteners, of which the following is a Specification.

.This invention is primarily a cigarmoistener and secondarily, an advertising device. It may be used in any place, or for any. purpose where it is desired to conduct or exhale moisture, and its size and arrangement may be varied, according to circumstances. As shown in the drawings, its use is. contemplated more particularly in connection with a showcase for cigars and the like in which or in connection with which it may be located.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, t

Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Figure 2 is a sectional view through one of the end members;

Figure 3 is a sectional view, taken on the line 3-3 in Figure 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows;

Figure 4 is a top plan view of part of this device;

Figure 5 is a top plan view of the wick, with advertisements in position; V

Figure 6 is a similar'view with but one advertisement; and

Figure 7 is a sectional view, taken on the line 7-7 in Figure 4, looking in the direction indicated by the. arrows. V j l A plurality of Mason jars 1 is suitably located and supported relative to the objects or place to be humidified. Larger or smaller jars may be 'used' in place of Mason jars, according to circumstances. jars may, also, be varied, from one up, according to need and desire. Ordinarily, it will be" found most convenient for the wick 2Lto leadfrom one jar to another, although it can be arranged to lead back to the same jar from which it rises Furthermore, if the showcase or other place to be humidified is so long that the weight of the wick 2 tends to cause it to sag, an intermediate jar may be used as a support and will generally be necessary, also, as an additional source of moisture.

The number of Water or the like is placed in each jar 1, and capillary attraction causes it to rise in wick 2 and to travel along the length of the wick. l/Vhen two jars 1 are used, as shown in the drawings, the moisture from one jar will in its travel meet the moisture from the other about the middle of the length of wick 2. i

The top of each jar 1 is preferably threaded at 3 and so, also, is the bottom of each collar 4, so that collars 4 can be screwed on the tops of jars 1. This permits removal of the wick-bearing members or.

cylinders 5 and the wick 2 without disturbing or removing the jars 1, which can be refilled with water from the top when thus freed or may be removed for that purpose. By means of a syringe or the like, the jars 1 can be refilled through slots 6 without removing anything.

Collars 4 are loosely mounted on and revoluble around cylinders 5, and thereby the size of slots 6. can be enlarged or diminished. Some evaporation takes place through slots 6, and the regulation of their size affects the degree of humidity in the cigar showcase or other place where jars 1 stand.

The collars 4 are vertically-slidable on cylinders 5, which permits their rotation notwithstanding the screw-threads at 3 on the ars 1 and the collars 4.

Cylinders 5 are borne by an attaching frame 7, adapted to be attached by screws through holes 8. to a showcase or other. support. V

Slots 9 permit the wick 2 and its siderods 10- to be inserted from either side of frame 7. The siderods 10 are shaped as best seen in Figures 3 and 7, their ends resting frames 7. The main body of wick 2 is supported by them like a bridge, and the tails or ends of wick 2 descend from the opposite ends into jars 1, as shown in Figure 1.

The siderods 10 are so constructed that the side edges of wick 2 are crimped between them. Wick 2 is composed of process cot ton 11 or the ,like,inclosed in ja sleeve or bag 12, within the longitudinal edges of which extend round conds 13. Flange14 is crimped against the edge of sleeve 12 in such manner (as best seen in Figure 3) as to clasp cord 13 as contained within sleeve 12. Aperture 15 is too small for cord 13 to escape therethrough. This binds wick 2 to siderods in a secure but removable manner.

Advertisements may be attached in any desired number or manner to wick 2. Fig ure '6 shows but one such advertisement for one of these devices. Figure 5 shows a plurality of such advertisements located between the frames 7, but within one showcase 16. i

Straps 17 are either bent out from frame 7 or attached thereto in order to hold the ends of siderods 10, which are thus stationarily' but removably attached to frame 7.

1While the cords 13 have been mentioned as round, yet all that is necessary is that they shall be of such thickness as will not wick 2. V

permit their withdrawal through the open ings 15.

The frames 7 are. reversible, in the sense that. it is immaterial which slot 9 receives glass 21.

-As illustrated particularly in Figure 7, eachtubular support 10 is split longitudi- "nally so that the edges of the same may securely grip the edge portions of the wick. When the endportions of the tubular body 10' are inserted into the openings defined by the straps l7 and the adjacent portions of the frames 5 the edges of the tubular bodies are drawn in the direction of each other so that the wick will be firmly gripped. The advertising matter may be applied directly to the upper exposed side of the wick or to the upper edges of therods 10 in .a manner to effectively conceal the wick from the view of one looking down on the showcase in which the humidor is installed. 7 Having thus described this invention, I hereby reserve the benefit of all changes in form, arrangement, order, or use ofparts, as

. it is evident that many minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of this invention or the scope of the following claims. V

I claim: 7

1. A humidifier comprising liquid containers, frames connected to said containers 7 and having means whereby the same may be connected to a display case, a wick passed through said frames into said containers, and longitudinally V split tubular supports receiving the edges of said wick and firmly gripping the same.

2. A humidifiercomprising liquid containers,att aching frames -connected to said containers, a wick passed through said frames into said containers, and a'longlthe edge portion of said wick and firmly gripping the same, the ends ofsaid tubular support being detachably connected to said frames.

. tudinally split tubular support receiving' 3. A humidifier comprising liquid con-' tainers,,frames connected to said containers and having means wherebythe same may be connected to a'display case, a wick passed through said frames into said containers,

and longitudinally split spaced tubular supports receiving the edges of said wick and firmly gripping the same, said wick'con stituting an attaching means for display matter adapted to conceal said wick.

LA humidifier comprising frames hav ing openings, longitudinally splittubular supports having theirend portions received in said openings and their edges urged-to} gether by contact of the supports with-the Wallsof said openings, and a wick having its edge portions received in. said tubular supports and gripped bythe edges of said supports. J a i 7 5'. In va device of thecharacter described, an elongated wick and a pair of linear sup ports therefor adapted to clamp theoppol site side edges-of the said wick, and means for supplying moisture to the opposite ends of said wick.

6. In a device of the class described,

elongated wick, apair of'elongatedsupports disposed in spacedparallel relation, the wick extending alongsaid supports and having its ends depending from the opposite ends thereof, and means for supplying opposite free ends of. said moisture to the WlCk; V 7. A humidifier comprising a receptacle adapted for the reception ofrrwater, anat taching frame supporting said receptacle and having -a depending cylinder, a collar rotatably carried by said cylinder, and a wick supported by said "frame and extending through said cylinderinto said receptacle, said collar being provided with means controllingthe circulation of air through said cylinder.

" '8. In a device of the class described,

elongated wick, a pair of linear supports disposed at the'oppositesidesiof said' wick and adapted to sustain a major length of 1'20 the intermediate portion of the wickin a horizontal position with its opposite free ends .dependingtherefrom, and means for supplying moisture to the free ends of said wick.

V 9. In a device of the-class described, a frame, a cylinder depending from said frame and having openings therein, a collar adjustable on said cylinder, a water container removably supported from the lower end of said collar, said collar having openings therein adapted to be moved into and out of registry with openings of said cylinder for regulating the degree of evaporation of the water in said water container therethrough, and a wick supported in said frame and having an end thereof depending through said cylinder and dipping into the water in said water container. a

V 10. A device of the character described, comprising a plurality of frames, a cylinder depending from each of said frames, a water container supported from each of said cylinders, a wick extending between said cylinders and depending therethrough into said water container, grooved metal supports for the intermediate portion of said wick, and straps carried by said frame for sustaining said supports in position.

11. A device of the character described, comprising a plurality of attaching frames, a cylinder depending from each of said frames, collars encircling said cylinders said collars having their lower ends screwthreaded, a water container engaged on the threaded end of each of said collars, a wick extending between said cylinders, and depending therethrough and into said water containers, supports for sustaining the intermediate portion of said wick in a horizontal plane, and straps carried by said frames for securing said supports in position.

12. A device of the class described, comprising a plurality of attaching frames, a cylinder depending from each of said frames and having openings in the walls thereof, a collar surrounding each of said cylinders, and a water container attached to each of said collars, said collars having openings therein whereby, upon a revolving movementbeing imparted to the said collars, the said openings thereof will register to a greater or lesser degree With the openings in said cylinders for correspondingly varying the effects of evaporation of the water within said containers.

13. A device of the class described comprising a plurality of attaching frames, a

cylinder depending from each of said frames 7 cles and having its opposite ends dipping into the water contained therein, and means for supporting the intermediate portion of said wick in position. 15. A humidifier of the class described, comprising a horizontally extended wick, means engaging the opposite side edges of said Wick and supporting the same in its extended position, and means-for supplying moisture to the opposite ends of said wick. 16. A humidifier of the class described, comprising a wick having the intermediate portion thereof extended in a horizontal plane and the opposite end portions thereof depending in angular relation with respect thereto, means for sustaining the intermediate portion of said wick in its extended position, .and means for supplying moisture to the opposite ends of said wick.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ARTHUR o. HERTHEL. 

